HC Deb 09 May 2002 vol 385 cc352-3W
Mr. Kevan Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the specification for the smallpox vaccine stated that the vaccine to be provided had to be the Lister strain. [53931]

Mr. Hutton

The Lister strain was specified as the vaccine strain required and all the companies with which the Department had discussions were made fully aware of this.